Ik this a random question but I was just wondering, when the merge happens, do you think they’ll put the Zero and the P-40 in the same “BR”? I’ve seen people mention how the F6F would be overpowered with its 6x 50 cals and ik the P-40 has the same armament. Long story short, I’m wondering if I’ll be able to dogfight with Zeros once the merge happens.
Keo and other dev/helper already said, japanese can fight only low-end BR american player because their equipment lack of firepower
So no zero vs p40, but anyway any allaies plane is OP compared to the zero so nothing change in the end
That is quite sad🥲I’m gonna hold some sense of hope however, both aircraft fought and the P-40E-1 is relatively low tier in WarThunder so I hope it’ll be here
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The Japanese are a fresh faction give time to dev to add sufficient equipment for raise a bit their BR
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Yeah but I guess they will never face Jumbos.
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They likely gonna fight sherman because of the type5 rocket luncher with 100m of pen and so the p38 because of BR
I want to see b-25 with 75mm cannon in the nose.
Curious that they now have to fight the M2 Carbine.
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Depends on what “low end” means for the devs…
Pacific allies can currently use m2. Is that end game rifleman weapon low end? Or the John lmg? 
Is the Japanese SIG low end? (I think it’s on par with beretta m38, it’s a really good smg)
So… If Japan can use things like the SIG… USA will be able to use equally good stuff, logically speaking. If the p40 is lower br than the best Japanese equipment’s BR… then it WILL be used vs Japan.
Japan will surely have a very nasty surprise once the factions merge. Max Japan while you still can, because the scenario will probably be reversed.
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the only way for japs to face jumbos is if they had the chi ri 2
You know current campaign are imbalanced and thats because whe are switching to the Br for dont see:
“Guy armed with boltie fighting guy armed with assault rifle”
The Japanese zero was actually way better than the P-40. The flying tigers had to use boom and zoom tactics against zeros because that’s all they had. A zero could out turn a p-40 like it’s nothing and climb better than one too. Only true defense one had was to just dive to the deck and run away.
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That’s why I assumed it would be put in a lower if not the same “BR” as the Zero, they both contended with each other on multiple fronts during the war in the Pacific, examples include use by the RAAF and the NZRAF and like you mentioned they’re use in China with the Flying Tigers’s.
Problem is devs over boosted the p40 some updates ago. Right now, in Tunisia, it out turn everything axis has (save for their very first, extremely weak plane) and can be used even end game as it’s bunch of mg shred everything.
There’s some really, really weird turn rate values devs gave to some planes.
- broken IL in Moscow. A huge, heavy tanky plane with insane armament, that can turn on a dime.
- p40 in Tunisia: after the plane update, devs ruined balance in the campaign by boosting this plane’s turn rate, effectively being better than the very last axis fighter unlocked, while being a starter plane.
- New Japanese bomber. Now… now that is some meme lvl of turn rate. That huge thing turns better than Moscow biplanes, wtf!
Probably missing a few.
Simply to say that, over boosted like the p40 is now, it won’t have issues removing Japan’s only saving grace: air superiority
I’ll be honest right away: I WILL main USA after the merge, I WILL stomp newcomers, because it’s what the new br system will allow us to do.
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Nerfed turnate of the c202ec in tunisia and buffed the one of the hurricane
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… true. I forgot they even NERFED some Italian
planes, for no reason whatsoever.
I liked that plane…
It’s not worth using anymore.
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Iirc it cant pen it as well. Only which does is this 6-.7 proto TD and I dont know how many people want to play slow ass TD to counter Jumbos.
Where was it stated what the br of specific aircraft will be set to? It seems like you’re taking some basic information and taking some unfounded leaps of logic to reach your conclusion.
The only honest answer is we don’t know. There’s a pretty good chance the devs haven’t even come to a final conclusion on those details.
They already said Japanese gonna fight low-end Br american 20th and more time for lack of firepower, imo p40 is a bit to forward in the progression of tunisia for be low-end Br and match the requirment for fight japan
Expecially because
The point of Br is make fair fight and currently zero vs p40 is not fair
Are you sure about that?
202EC loses compared to the original due extra weight of cannon, while Hurricane was already very manoeuvrable.
Eg see
http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/hurricane/hurricane-109.pdf
http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/hurricane/109-spit-hurri-turn.pdf